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90_HR0697
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Dick and Myrna Baier have enjoyed years of
3 living in Cissna Park, volunteering and working in various
4 positions; and
5 WHEREAS, Dick Baier spent 16 years as past village mayor
6 in Cissna Park, four decades as a Cissna Park Firefighter,
7 and four terms as a leader in the State organization which
8 stewards the preservation and improvement of Illinois fire
9 districts; and is past president of the American Legion, past
10 president of the Chamber of Commerce, and a 21 year veteran
11 of the Iroquois County Sheriff's Police Merit Board; and
12 WHEREAS, The family bought a publishing enterprise which
13 produces the Cissna Park News and the Rankin Independent;
14 their son, Rick, current mayor of Cissna Park, bought the
15 establishment from his father; and
16 WHEREAS, Dick and Myrna Baier are the loving parents of
17 Rick, David, Bruce, and Barbara; David and Rick are both
18 village firefighters; David also operates an appliance
19 business, Barbara is involved in the family's publishing
20 business, and Bruce is a GTE technician; and
21 WHEREAS, Dick and Myrna Baier are also active in the
22 theatre and enjoy participating in various positions;
23 therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
26 wish to congratulate Dick Baier for retiring from the
27 presidency of the Illinois Association of Fire Districts and
28 to applaud he and his wife, Myrna, for all the volunteering
29 they have done; and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
31 presented to them as as expression of our esteem.